by Julie Turner | Nov 22, 2018 | What's Happening
Ps 148:14 answers the age-old question ‘Who are we?’ So often, this question of identity nags at us individually and collectively; we need a sense of identity to find purpose and meaning in life. Eph 1:11 in the Message version says, ‘It’s in Christ that we find out...
by Julie Turner | Nov 22, 2018 | What's Happening
In Psalm 148:14, we find reference to God raising up for His people a horn, an image which to modern eyes probably conveys very little. In the Bible, however, the ‘horn’ features frequently in different guises, all of which point us to Jesus Christ (‘the horn of...
by Julie Turner | Nov 22, 2018 | What's Happening
The second half of Psalm 148 calls for praise ‘from the earth’, listing sea creatures, all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds, mountains, hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds,...
by Julie Turner | Nov 22, 2018 | What's Happening
Psalm 148 is another psalm of exuberant praise, calling all creation to praise the Lord. The first half of the psalm looks at heavenly praise: ‘Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above.’ (Ps 148:1) Angels, heavenly hosts, sun, moon, stars,...
by Julie Turner | Nov 21, 2018 | What's Happening
The Advent Sheep Trail is about to start in Goldthorpe, Bolton-on-Dearne and Thurnscoe. The idea of this is that 10 knitted sheep per village are given to different shops and public buildings and people have to find the names of the sheep in those buildings. Leaflets...
